Education Week 2025

Education Week 2025’s theme is Empowering Futures: Innovation in Education. This year’s week salutes educators, school staff, and partners who embrace innovation in meeting the evolving needs of students in preparing them for a rapidly changing future. Educational innovation is key in preparing students for the complexities of today’s society. Integrating inclusive practices, global viewpoints, and technology helps to stimulate creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration in building dynamic learning environments that encourage students to become active participants in their education and in their community.

Le thème de la Semaine de l’éducation 2025, c’est Construire l’avenir: l’innovation en éducation.  Cette année, la semaine rend hommage aux éducateurs, aux membres du personnel scolaire et aux partenaires en éducation, qui misent sur l’innovation afin de répondre aux besoins changeants des élèves dans le cadre de leur préparation à un avenir qui évolu rapidement. L’innovation en éducation est essentielle à la préparation des élèves aux complexités de la société actuelle. L’intégration de pratiques inclusives, de perspectives internationales et de technologies contribue à stimuler la créativité, la pensée critique et la collaboration dans la création de milieux d’apprentissage dynamiques, qui encouragent les élèves à participer activement à leur éducation et dans leur collectivité.

Education Week provides a special opportunity to acknowledge educators, school support staff and partners for their outstanding work relative to the Education Week theme. Categories of award recipients include PSAANS members, early childhood educators and student school support staff, Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian educators and student support staff, APSEA teachers and staff, along with NSTU public school members.

An awards’ ceremony recognizing the work of teachers, support staff, administrators and pre-primary Early Childhood Educators and public education partners is scheduled to take place on Monday, May 12, 2025  at 2:00 p.m. at J.L. Ilsley High School, in Halifax.

Education Week is a collaborative effort among public education stakeholders in Nova Scotia. Representatives from the NSTU, PSAANS, EECD, APSEA, the Fédération des parents acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FPANE), Council on African Canadian Education, and Council of Mi’kmaq Education comprise the committee. The chair of the committee rotates between the partners. Angela Murray, NSTU and Nicole Dupuis from FPANE are co-chairing the 2025 committee. Teachers Plus Credit Union is continuing its sponsorship of Education Week 2025.